An Iowa student arrested at Kinnick Stadium last weekend is getting worldwide attention.

Police said 22-year-old Samantha Goudie tried to get onto the field before the game Saturday, and they arrested her for public intoxication. Her mug shot was released by University of Iowa police Tuesday afternoon.

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According to police, she registered a blood-alcohol level of .341 percent, more than four times the legal limit for driving.

She went by the name vodka_samm on Twitter, and had posted several tweets about the arrest, writing, among other things, "Just went to jail. #YOLO" and "I'm going to get .341 tattooed on me because it's so epic."

The account has now been shut down.

Media outlets like the New York Post and the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom are proclaiming her "The World's Drunkest College Student."

Other Iowa students said the incident doesn't help Iowa's reputation as a party school.

"Wow, I just think that's incredible. And then for her to get a tattoo and be proud of it is just insane," said college freshman Jessica Tomann.

The No. 1 party school, according to the Princeton Review, got its first round of tailgating in for the Hawkeye football season. Thousands of students and fans packed Melrose Street, and many celebrated the occasion by binge drinking.

"I think at every school there is that partying scene, and that's a bigger school, so of course they're going to have a bigger partying scene," said Drake senior Adam Meirink.

On Saturday, police arrested 14 people inside Kinnick Stadium on charges of public intoxication, but it was Goudie's blood-alcohol content level getting worldwide attention.

"I was a little bit shocked. I didn't know it was possible to get to that blood-alcohol level," said Drake senior Erin Hassanzadeh.

According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control, more than half of full-time college students binge drink at least once a month, and the risky behavior can easily lead to addiction.

"For somebody like her, I would recommend having a talk with an addiction professional that would help her sort out whether or not this pattern of drinking is becoming a problem or has already become a problem for her. It's pretty likely that it has," said Powell CDC Program Manager David Kaptain.

An editorial in the Daily Iowan newspaper talks about the drinking culture in Iowa City, writing, "The unfortunate truth is that vodka_samm isn't the problem, but merely a symptom."

The university released a comment from President Sally Mason about the incident on Tuesday afternoon:

"While this incident does not reflect the vast majority of our students, we are always concerned anytime students engage in risky behavior. Although we have made progress over the past several years in reducing problem drinking on campus, we still have work to do in order to reach our goals.

"Since 2009, the proportion of students engaging in high-risk drinking in the two weeks preceding the survey is down 17 percent, to the lowest level in 20 years; the average number of drinks consumed per drinking occasion is down 20 percent; and the proportion of students reporting any drinking in the 30 days preceding the survey is down nearly 12 percent."

Meanwhile, as students across the country continue their game-day festivities, a college senior shares advice.

"Just be smart and not to think that you're invincible, because college students have a tendency to think that, so keep that in mind when you're testing out the waters," Hassanzadeh said.

KCCI tried contacting Goudie by phone and email Tuesday evening for comment, but didn't get any response.